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Dennis Letts

Actor
Born September 5, 1934Died February 22, 2008 (73 years)
Dennis Letts was an American college professor, and later, in a second career, an actor. As the latter, he originated the critically successful role of Beverly Weston in the Steppenwolf Theatre Company production of the Tony-winning play August: Osage County in the summer of 2007, the writing of which had earned his son, Tracy Letts, a Pulitzer prize.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
  • Keys to Tulsa
  • Blood Suckers from Outer Space
  • Christmas Child
  • Two Mothers for Zachary

Known For

  • The Man in the Moon
  • Rush
  • Blood Suckers from Outer Space
  • A Killing in a Small Town
  • Frequent Flyer
  • Wild Texas Wind
  • Too Legit: The MC Hammer Story
  • A Face to Kill for
  • The Last Prostitute
  • To Live Again
  • A Triumph of the Heart: The Ricky Bell Story
  • Fugitive Among Us
  • The Road to Galveston

Filmography

2006
Infamous · as Judge Tate
2004
2003
Secondhand Lions · as Sheriff
2001
2000
Cast Away · as Dennis Larson
2000
Where the Heart Is · as Sheriff
1999
Once And Again (TV Series)
1999
A Face to Kill for · as Buchanan
1999
NetForce · as Senator Rogers
1998
To Live Again · as Dr. Moran
1997
Fire Down Below · as Doctor Schultz
1997
Little Boy Blue · as Sgt. Phillips
1997
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series) · as John Richards (segment "epitaph")
1997
Keys to Tulsa · as Preston Liddy
1996
1996
Frequent Flyer · as Mickey Braddock
1996
The Road to Galveston · as Roland Tate
1995
Her Hidden Truth · as The Prosecutor
1994
Gordy · as Governor
1994
Frank & Jesse · as Railroad C.e.o.
1993
A Perfect World · as Governor
1993
Walker, Texas Ranger (TV Series) · as Paul Gellis
1993
The Ernest Green Story · as Gov. Marvin Griffin
1992
Sidekicks · as Man With Dog
1992
Passenger 57 · as Frank Allen
1992
A Taste for Killing · as Lawyer
1992
1992
Dangerous Curves (TV Series) · as Winthrop Pierson
1992
Fugitive Among Us · as Lloyd Yarborough
1991
Rush · as Senior District Attorney
1991
The Man in the Moon · as Doc White
1991
Wild Texas Wind · as Harlan Fowler
1991
The Last Prostitute · as Hancock
1991
A Seduction in Travis County · as Grandpa Maguire
1991
Jailbirds · as Poppa
1991
1990
A Killing in a Small Town · as Chief Mcalester
1990
Challenger · as Cecil Houston
1989
Tabloid · as Harry (segment Bbq Of The Dead)
1989
1988
Heartbreak Hotel · as Alan Fortas
1988
It Takes Two · as Bus Clerk
1988
Johnny Be Good · as Army General
1987
CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) · as Dudan
1987
Square Dance · as Bob Hadley
1986
1986
1984
Time Bomb · as Watchdog
1984

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